![WHO Head, Lavrov Agree on Need to Strengthen Global Health System](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/11/23/1398112309404135119665512.jpg)
![WHO Head, Lavrov Agree on Need to Strengthen Global Health System](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/11/23/1398112309404135119665512.jpg)
![China Rejects US Intelligence Report on COVID Origins as ‘Political, false’](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1393/08/11/139308111302288513981842.jpg)
China Rejects US Intelligence Report on COVID Origins as ‘Political, false’
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Beijing has lashed out against a US intelligence review into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, calling it “political and false” while urging Washington to stop attacking China.
![US Spy Agencies Say Origins of COVID-19 May Never Be Known](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/12/12/1398121210492110619825472.jpg)
US Spy Agencies Say Origins of COVID-19 May Never Be Known
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US intelligence agencies said on Friday they may never be able to identify the origins of COVID-19, as they released a new, more detailed version of their review of whether the coronavirus came from animal-to-human transmission or leaked from a lab.
![Moscow Locks Down As Russian COVID-19 Deaths, Cases Surge to New Highs](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/04/19/1399041914053340920750272.jpg)
Moscow Locks Down As Russian COVID-19 Deaths, Cases Surge to New Highs
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Russian capital brought in its strictest COVID-19 related lockdown measures in more than a year on Thursday as nationwide one-day pandemic deaths and infections hit new highs amid slow vaccination take-up across the world's biggest country.
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Parts of Northeast China on Heightened Alert As COVID-19 Returns
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A few border cities in northeastern China started to tighten COVID-19 measures, restricting travel and limiting gatherings in public spaces, and some declared a "pre-war" mode of vigilance and monitoring, as China combats an outbreak hitting mainly the north.
![Pandemic ‘Far from Finished’: WHO](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/11/18/1399111810402794822175882.jpeg)
Pandemic ‘Far from Finished’: WHO
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The COVID-19 crisis is far from over, the World Health Organization’s emergency committee said Tuesday as it called for research into next-generation vaccines for long-term control of the pandemic.
![China Locks Down City of 4 Million After Six COVID Cases Detected](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/10/29/1398102915531440819450552.jpeg)
China Locks Down City of 4 Million After Six COVID Cases Detected
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – China placed a city of 4 million under lockdown on Tuesday in an attempt to stamp out a domestic coronavirus outbreak, with residents told not to leave home except in emergencies.
![New Zealand Reports Second-Highest Daily COVID-19 Cases in Pandemic](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1395/01/05/13950105123538437397272.jpg)
New Zealand Reports Second-Highest Daily COVID-19 Cases in Pandemic
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – New Zealand reported 109 new locally acquired coronavirus cases on Monday, the bulk of them in its largest city, Auckland, as the country saw its second-worst day of daily infections since the pandemic began.
![Pandemic Will End When World Chooses to End It, Says WHO Chief](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/11/18/1399111810402794822175882.jpeg)
Pandemic Will End When World Chooses to End It, Says WHO Chief
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The coronavirus pandemic will come to an end when all the countries start using the available health tools effectively, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says.
![COVID-19 Cases Worldwide Down 4%, Deaths Down 2% in Past Week: WHO](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/11/18/1399111810402794822175882.jpeg)
COVID-19 Cases Worldwide Down 4%, Deaths Down 2% in Past Week: WHO
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – More than 2.7 million people contracted COVID-19 between October 11 and 17, over 46,000 people died, the World Health Organization said in its weekly bulletin.
![Two Northern Chinese Areas Enforce Lockdown in COVID-19 Outbreak](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1400/04/07/1400040715471560223110622.jpg)
Two Northern Chinese Areas Enforce Lockdown in COVID-19 Outbreak
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – China reported nine new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases on Oct. 18, the highest daily tally since the end of September, with the latest outbreak prompting two northern border areas to enforce a lockdown.
![UK under Pressure to Reimpose Restrictions As COVID Cases Soar](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/01/24/1399012411383557020120252.jpg)
UK under Pressure to Reimpose Restrictions As COVID Cases Soar
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Many scientists are pressing the British government to reimpose social restrictions and speed up booster vaccinations as coronavirus infection rates, already Europe’s highest, rise still further.
![More US Workers Going on Strike, Weary over Long COVID-19 Pandemic Hours](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/10/25/1398102519131350119419402.jpg)
More US Workers Going on Strike, Weary over Long COVID-19 Pandemic Hours
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Exhausted after working long hours during the coronavirus pandemic and resentful that their bosses are not sharing sometimes huge profits, tens of thousands of nurses, laborers and entertainment workers are going on strike across the United States.
![US Throws Out Millions of Doses of COVID Vaccine as World Goes Wanting](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/12/12/1398121210492110619825472.jpg)
US Throws Out Millions of Doses of COVID Vaccine as World Goes Wanting
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The United States is wasting millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses even as shortages plague many parts of the world.
![Russia Tops 1,000 Daily Coronavirus Deaths for First Time](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/01/18/139901181238210420071862.jpg)
Russia Tops 1,000 Daily Coronavirus Deaths for First Time
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Russia on Saturday topped 1,000 deaths over 24 hours for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, with the country's jab drive at a standstill and few restrictions in place.
![Parliamentary Report Says UK Mistakes Cost Thousands of Lives during Pandemic](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/139210191730595841881142.jpg)
Parliamentary Report Says UK Mistakes Cost Thousands of Lives during Pandemic
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Delaying a lockdown in the UK and failing to prioritize social care caused thousands of avoidable deaths, according to a parliamentary report on lessons learned to date from the coronavirus pandemic.
![COVID-19 Activates Discrimination against Asians, Hispanics in US: Study](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1400/01/08/140001081108438722483502.jpg)
COVID-19 Activates Discrimination against Asians, Hispanics in US: Study
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A new study has found that the COVID-19 pandemic has not only intensified physical violence against Asians and Hispanics, but also aggravated less apparent forms of social discrimination against these ethnic minority groups in the United States.
![Sydney Set to Ease Key COVID-19 Lockdown Curbs](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1400/05/17/1400051709562842723342272.jpg)
Sydney Set to Ease Key COVID-19 Lockdown Curbs
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Sydney was set to reopen after months in lockdown, officials said on Sunday, with businesses readying themselves to welcome fully vaccinated residents from Monday.
![Sydney to Exit COVID-19 Lockdown Next Week After Vaccination Rate Hits 70%](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1400/05/17/1400051709562842723342272.jpg)
Sydney to Exit COVID-19 Lockdown Next Week After Vaccination Rate Hits 70%
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – COVID-19 restrictions will be eased further in Sydney from Monday, authorities said, as Australia’s largest city looks set to exit a nearly four-month lockdown after hitting its 70% full vaccination target.
![More than 120,000 US Kids Had Caregivers Die during Pandemic](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/04/27/1399042716212349920789372.jpg)